The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... COAST 441 English commerce , and from this time onwards until the Abolition Act of 1807 it was ranked as a valuable national asset , essential to the progress of the ... coast and the French, Dutch and English on the Gold Coast •
... COAST 441 English commerce , and from this time onwards until the Abolition Act of 1807 it was ranked as a valuable national asset , essential to the progress of the ... coast and the French, Dutch and English on the Gold Coast •
Page 443
... Coast to " a thick , stinking and sulphurous damp or mist " , which prevailed in the early morning , and to native habits , among them their " pernicious custom of laying their fish for 5 or 6 days to putrify before they eat it " , so ...
... Coast to " a thick , stinking and sulphurous damp or mist " , which prevailed in the early morning , and to native habits , among them their " pernicious custom of laying their fish for 5 or 6 days to putrify before they eat it " , so ...
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... coast either as representatives of a trading company , or as individual adventurers . Nor did the English traders ... coast of the Gulf of Guinea were also accurately known and charted , as was the Guinea Coast itself . The French ...
... coast either as representatives of a trading company , or as individual adventurers . Nor did the English traders ... coast of the Gulf of Guinea were also accurately known and charted , as was the Guinea Coast itself . The French ...
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